drums Zildjian's new e-drum kit is a gamechanger in music technology Thom Dunn

muppets Blooper reel from Jim Henson's "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" Rusty Blazenhoff

music "Crossroads, Song Around the World," celebrates legendary musician Robert Johnson and the Mississippi Delta blues Jennifer Sandlin

top talent Sheepdog and human sing beautifully together while speaking out against hate Jennifer Sandlin

Space Space piracy conference to be held at US Naval Academy Allan Rose Hill

interior design Behold the drab emptiness of the remodeled Home Alone house, on the market at $5M Natalie Dressed

bruce springsteen The enduring power of Bruce Springsteen's music: a fan's journey Mark Cerulli

Ad Own 2TB to 20TB of cloud storage with Prism Drive, now as low as $39 Boing Boing's Shop

prisons Interviews with people in prison about how they make money behind bars Mark Frauenfelder

music Real de Catorce performs the blues en Español Elías Villoro

Spoken Word with Electronics The Role of Analog Shift Registers in Electronic Music Ethan Persoff

music New music from cyberpunk pioneer RU Sirius and The Dwarves' Blag Dahlia David Pescovitz

video games Why did Sega go belly up in the console market? Devin Nealy

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

Rock n Roll "What is this that stands before me?" Fifty years ago when rock and roll turned seriously dark, heavy, and metallic Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants First, Angélique Kidjo paid tribute to Talking Heads; now she's honoring Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa Cory Doctorow

music Watch Johnny Rotten act like an ass to Henry Rollins and Marky Ramone last night David Pescovitz

happy mutants The PrEP Diaries: A safe(r) sex memoir Evan J. Peterson

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

china Three kinds of propaganda, and what to do about them Cory Doctorow